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  • Ledger Stolen By N.Y. Soldier Is Returned To Virginia
    By Scott C. Boyd
    STAFFORD COURTHOUSE, Va. – The stolen item was returned, but not by the man who took it.

  • Preservation Groups Pool Funds To Buy 13 Acres At Shepherdstown Battle
    SHARPSBURG, Md. — Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF) and several organizations recently purchased a portion of the historic Shepherdstown Ford battlefield —  the Boteler Cement Mill property, which is adjacent to the Potomac River ford where Union and Confederate forces fought on Sept. 19 and 20, 1862. 

  • Agreement Reached On Restoration Of Hill At Brandy Station
    By Scott C. Boyd
    BRANDY STATION, Va. — A memorandum of agreement (MOA) removes an illegally-dug pond, restores the land and conserves 3.1 acres on private property on Fleetwood Hill at the Brandy Station Battlefield in Culpeper County.

  • Virginia Trust Conserves Property With Fitts Fund
    MIDDLEBURG, Va. — The Land Trust of Virginia (LTV) recorded its 20th easement in Fauquier County with an easement on a 109-acre parcel southeast of The Plains, within the viewshed of Virginia scenic byways Routes 55 and 628 and I-66.

  • Chancellorsville Battle App Available
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Civil War Trust’s newest entry in its Battle App series is a free, multimedia and GPS-enabled smartphone tour of the May 1-4, 1863, Chancellorsville Battlefield.

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